Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Bone growth causing a white eye mass in a 10-year-old Great Dane dog
By Lynch, G L & Scagliotti, R H·Published in Veterinary pathology·2007·Eye Care For Animals, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Osseous metaplasia in the eye of a dog.
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- dog
Plain-English summary
A 10-year-old neutered male Great Dane was brought to the vet because of an unusual white mass on the iris of his right eye. After taking a small sample of the iris for testing, the vet found that the mass was actually bone forming in the iris tissue, a condition known as osseous metaplasia. Fortunately, there was no underlying cause found for this condition. The dog was diagnosed and monitored, but no specific treatment was needed since the mass was not cancerous.
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Abstract
Incisional iris biopsy was performed for diagnosis of an unusual opaque white mass protruding from the right ventrolateral iris of a 10-year-old neutered male Great Dane dog. Histopathology revealed a diagnosis of bone formation within otherwise normal iris tissue. No underlying etiology was identified. Osseous metaplasia or heterotopic bone formation may be an additional differential diagnosis for a nonneoplastic mass in the eye of a dog.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17317802/